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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of en.
Etymologies
- Spanish, past participle of aficionar, to induce a liking for, from afición, liking, from Latin affectiō, affectiōn-; see affection.
Examples
“Carlos from Philly - Your argument sounds a lot like any argument by any track bike "afficionado" ever.”
“My wife is an, er, uh, Country and Western Music "afficionado".”
“Good News: Shoe afficionado Brian Bilbray (CA-50) is getting some opposition down there.”
“The focus on early 20th century history might have played no small part in that, and the fact that he's an opera afficionado might have primed him for the trick of telling the same story in different time periods.”
“The fact that Laura Anne is a huge wine afficionado and thus had to do research trips to vineyards and drink a lot of wine I'm sure had nothing whatsoever to do with the idea for this fantasy series.”
“[Source: EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty] quoted: (December 25, 2006 03: 30 PM, by Bryan Caplan) The most vociferous bearer of anti-foreign bias that I know is also a life-long car afficionado.”
Anti-Foreign Car Guys to Japan: Thanks!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The most vociferous bearer of anti-foreign bias that I know is also a life-long car afficionado.”
Anti-Foreign Car Guys to Japan: Thanks!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“It's also one of the most deliriously iconic gay porn movies ever made, even though I'm not much of an afficionado of the genre (would rather do it than watch it, so to speak).”
“In fact, fans can even retrace the routes thanks to an online Google map that a fellow afficionado has marked up.”
“The you can zoom them, rotate them and so on, see below:I am no afficionado of apps to be honest this is the first one I have ever downloaded, I only got an android phone recently but I give it stars or whatever.”
The Guardian: LHSee: Higgs is on the phone. An android app ad. | Jon Butterworth | Life&Physics
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